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: Palisades Jumper Arranged Personal Items First, Police Say
A 29-year-old man left some personal items arranged neatly on a rock before jumping to his death Wednesday from the Palisades, authorities said. Several witnesses reported seeing the Stamford, CT resident jump off the edge of the cliff at the State Line Lookout in Alpine, near New Jersey's northeastern border with New York State, shortly before 11:30 a.m. Nov. 22, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Raymond Walter said. The responding officers "located personal items neatly set on a rock" nearby, the lieutenant said. The East Bergen Rappel Team recovered the man's body from the base o…
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You Can Buy Tony Soprano's Boat (
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Who hasn't wanted to sit on a boat, smoke a cigar, blast some Dean Martin, indulge in some gabagool and discuss family business? United Yacht Sales is selling "The Stugots", Tony Soprano's boat featured on a season 1 episode of "The Sopranos." The 1999 Cape Fear 47 Sportfish now goes by "Never Enough" and has been listed for sale in Stamford, CT. View this post on Instagram A post shared by United Yacht Sales (@united_yacht_sales) "The boat was restored," Paul Ouimette, the broker for the boat said. "It fell into disrepair, but the gentlemen…
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Oakland PD Busts NY Man With Stolen Credit Card, Driver's License, Meth, More: Police
A New York State man who tried using a stolen credit card at a lumber store in Oakland also had a driver’s license in someone else’s name, crystal meth and hypodermic needles in his vehicle, authorities said. Frank Anunziata, 37, was charged with theft, credit card theft, forgery and possession of false documents, drugs and paraphernalia after an employee called police, Capt. Timothy Keenan said. Anunziata was also wanted on warrants of out Lawrence Township, NJ, and Stamford, CT, records show. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail only to be released the next day by a Superior Court judge…
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Atlantic City Police Name 17 Men Arrested For Child Luring With Help From YouTubers (
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A total of 17 men have been arrested for luring children in Atlantic City with help from concerned citizens who bust child predators online. The citizens were identified by BreakingAC as MrWEB and Predator Catcher PA. MrWEB recently posted a video called "JUSTICE- Thank You Atlantic County Police, Prosecutors, & Shafiq - 26 In 2 Weeks." It appears to be a montage of them confronting alleged predators. The YouTubers routinely record themselves meeting up with individuals who thought they'd been chatting with a minor online, then post or livestream it. The duo provided officers with…
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Viral
Attack
: Coach Assaults Cliffside Park Police Officer At Basketball Court
Several children were among a shocked crowd of people who witnessed a local basketball coach attack a Cliffside Park special police officer in broad daylight. Borough resident Calvin Ramsey, 42, was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer following the incident outside School #6 on Oakdene Avenue on Thursday, May 5. He was released pending a court hearing under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. Cellphone images of the incident quickly went viral, including one that shows Ramsey on top of the beleaguered officer as he tries to radio for help. “When I see him, I’m gonna f*ck him…
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Career Criminal From Connecticut, 73, Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of Jersey City Politico
A hardened ex-con from Connecticut admitted that he and a longtime criminal pal from Philadelphia stabbed a political consultant to death and then torched his Jersey City apartment in a murder-for-hire attack. George Bratsenis, 73, of Monroe, CT said he and his partner were paid to whack Michael Galdieri, the son of former State Sen. James Galdieri (D-Jersey City) and a prominent figure in local Hudson County politics. Bratsenis and the other killer, Bomani Africa, 61, were hired by onetime political operative Sean Caddle, who’d been an aide to former State Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) a…
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Bogus
Covid-
19 Vaccine Card Found In Holiday Gift
Someone went without a Christmas gift this year after U.S. Customs and Border Control officers in Philadelphia discovered a fake COVID vaccine card hidden in a holiday greeting card. Officers at the Port of Philadelphia were conducting routine international parcel inspections, when they encountered an "obviously counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination card," on Jan. 8, officials said in a Jan. 14 release. The fake COVID vaccine card.U.S. Customs and Border Control Inspectors noted the card's poor print quality, unclear logos of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. …
Obituaries
Passaic County Native Dominic Depasquale Dies, 26
Passaic County native Dominic Depasquale died on June 27, 2021. He was 26 years old. Dominic was raised in Little Falls and graduated from Passaic Valley Regional High School. He went on to work as a Verizon store manager in Croton, NY and Stamford, CT. His obituary remembered him for his big heart and love for his family. Services were held at the Festa Memorial Funeral Home with interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa. Click here for Dominic's complete obituary.
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Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area
Federal authorities announced charges Monday against an accused Libyan terrorist on the 32nd anniversary of the Flight 103 bombing over Scotland that killed 270 people. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is charged with terrorism-related crimes in the 1988 bombing over the village of Lockerbie that killed 190 Americans in all, Attorney General William Barr said Monday. The victims in modern-day history’s worst attack on Americans before 9/11 included 33 New Jerseyans and 61 New York State residents, as well as 11 from Massachusetts, nine from Pennsylvania and five from Connecticut (see list below). …
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Historic Guilty Plea By Oxycontin Maker Purdue Pharma: What It Means
Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark on Tuesday in exchange for not only the largest penalties ever levied against a pharmaceutical manufacturer for its role in creating the nation’s opioid crisis. The company, which declared bankruptcy last year, also will be dissolved and its assets used to establish a new "public benefit company,” federal authorities said. US District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo approved the deal after Purdue Pharma Board Chairman Steve Miller pleaded guilty during a teleconference to three criminal charges on behalf of the company. “Purd…
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Thunderbirds, Blue Angels Take Flight Over NJ (
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A formation of U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flew over New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut to salute first responders on the coronavirus frontlines Tuesday. The New York flyover began at the George Washington around noon and last for 40 minutes. The path was across all five New York City boroughs, Newark, Long Island, White Plains, NY and Stamford, CT. The Trenton and Philadelphia flyover began at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakenhurst at approximately 1:45 p.m. The path was over Trenton, a large part of the metro Philadelphia area and ended over Wilmingto…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Self-Inflicted Gunshot At Woodland Park Range Appears Deliberate
A 40-year-old man was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Woodland Park shooting range, authorities confirmed. Initial indications are that it was deliberate, they said. The Stamford, CT victim and his girlfriend were at the Gun For Hire range on McBride Avenue when "the boyfriend put his gun under his chin and pull the trigger," a ranking law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity told Daily Voice. The bullet apparently exited the victim's cheek, he said. The range was closed and the man was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medica…
Police & Fire
NJ Dance Instructors Accused Of Sexually Abusing Boys In Bergen, Rockland, Fairfield Counties
A New Jersey instructor with a competitive Irish dance organization sexually assaulted three boys, a trio of lawsuits filed in Hackensack charge. A second teacher, who has since died, was also accused by one of the three with assaulting him three decades ago. The plantiffs allege the abuse occurred in Bergen, Rockland and Fairfield counties, as well as in Syracuse, Orlando and Ireland, IrishCentral.com reported. One boy alleges that an instructor identified in court papers as "D.T." sexually abused him during consecutive summers at a River Edge, NJ home beginning in 1986, the report says. …
Police & Fire
FBI Nabs Accused Accomplice In $4M Manhattan Diamond District Heist, Ringleader May Be In NJ
With one of three men wanted in a $4 million armed robbery in Manhattan’s Diamond District last month nabbed by the FBI in Florida, authorities continued searching for the ringleader, who they said may be hiding out in New Jersey or the Stamford area in Connecticut. Pedro Davila, a 27-year-old Bronx native with Harlem connections, was captured by surveillance cameras during the brazen noontime holdup on Aug. 25 at Avianne & Co. Jewelers on West 47th Street, authorities said. Davila, who was identified through facial recognition technology, was scheduled for an appearance in U.S. Distri…
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Nypd
: Mastermind Of $4M Manhattan Diamond District Heist May Be In NJ, CT
One of three men wanted in a $4 million armed robbery in Manhattan’s Diamond District last month may be hiding out in New Jersey or the Stamford area in Connecticut, authorities said Tuesday as the reward for their capture increased. Dressed in a suit with a braided wig and fedora, accused ringleader Jaysean Sutton, 39, looked directly into a surveillance camera while pulling out a gun during the brazen noontime holdup on Aug. 25 at Avianne & Co. Jewelers on West 47th Street. Like him, the other three robbers made no effort to conceal their faces, surveillance video shows. The crew ro…
Business
Ridgewood Pizzeria Is One Of America's Best, National Ranking Says
A nuanced sauce. Quality toppings. Flavorful and savory crust. These are only some of the Daily Meal's qualifications for the perfect pie, and some North Jersey establishments have them, according to the website's seventh annual list of 101 Best Pizzerias in America. Among them are Bruno's in Clifton and Lyndhurst at No. 82 and A Mano in Ridgewood at No. 81. The No. 2 best pizza went to Buffala Razza in Jersey City and the No. 1 pizza is Frank Pepe's in Stamford. What Daily Meal loves most about Bruno's is it's "old-school" vibe and "monster" of a Sicilian pizza. "…
Business
Trader Joe's With Bergen County Stores Ranks No. 2 For Best Places To Work
For those out there hating their job, "Forbes" Magzine has come out with their Top 100 employers to work for and the No. 2 best place to work happens to have several locations right in the area. Traders Joe's with its easy, breezy setting and apparently, bosses, came in second on the magazine's list that included an exhaustive survey nationally of employees including the likes of Google (#3), Costco (#5) and the main surprise, Michelin (which came in 33 last year) as the number one employer. The store, with locations in Hartsdale, Scarsdale, Larchmont in Westchester also has store…
Weather
How Much Snow Did You Get? Parts Of Area Saw Half-Foot Or More
If it was a last blast of winter, it sure delivered a solid parting shot.A quick-moving Easter Monday storm that swept through the area left as much as a half a foot or more of snowfall in some spots. Below is a sampling of totals from throughout the area. As always, please be sure to add the total for your hometown by leaving a comment here. Now, if you'll excuse us, we have a brief request. Old Man Winter, you've overstayed your welcome. There's the door, use it, and don't come back for a while. Fairfield County Bridgeport Airport 5.7 inches, 9:50 a.m. Danbury 5.6 inches, 10 a.m. Gree…
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How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Area
The first full day of spring brought the fourth Nor'easter of the month. Perhaps fittingly, in what has been an unpredictable stretch of weather, the complex storm arrived later than expected on Wednesday, and affected different parts of the area at different times. That's reflected in snowfall totals. Here now is a sampling. If you don't see your town's total listed, be sure to leave it by posting a comment here. Westchester County Armonk 5.4 inches, 10 p.m. Wednesday Croton-On-Hudson 2.7 inches, 10:45 p.m. Wednesday Harrison 9.5 inches, 11 p.m. Wednesday Somers 2.3 inches, 11:25 p.…
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Man Killed, Passenger From Paterson Hurt When Tree Falls On Car
A 25-year-old motorist from New Jersey was killed Friday afternoon when a large tree fell on his car on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield County amid the damaging Nor'easter. Jonathan Rodriguez-Melendez of Hawthorne was traveling southbound near the Stamford-Greenwich border south of Exit 33 at about 1:20 p.m. amid rain and severe crosswinds when the tree fell on his Mini Cooper, Connecticut State Police said. Rodriguez-Melendez was pronounced dead at the scene. Francisco Berdecia, 33, of Paterson, New Jersey, a passenger in the vehicle, was transported to Greenwich Hospital with minor, non-…
Weather
How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Area
It didn't take long for much of the area to get more than a half-foot of snowfall accumulation. The storm that swept through the area arrived very early Saturday evening and moved out east not long after midnight. Here are snowfall totals we've already reached. Be sure to leave the total for your hometown with a comment below. Hudson Valley Westchester Armonk, 7.5 inches Croton-on-Hudson, 7.7 inches Harrison, 7.5 inches Irvington, 6.5 inches Mamaroneck, 7 inches Mount Kisco, 7.2 inches Valhalla, 6.5 inches White Plains, 7.5 inches Yonkers, 6.5 inches Putnam Brewster, 6 inches …
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